David Howard Thornton
David Howard Thornton (born November 30, 1979) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and actor. He is known for work in stage, film, and voice over. He is best known for his roles as Art the Clown in the Terrifier films, Grandpa Who in the 1st- 5th national tours of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical, the voice of Shizoku and others in the video game Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom, The Joker in the YouTube series Nightwing Escalation, and as the eponymous character in the Christmas horror parody film The Mean One.
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Movies (24)
The Dead Place
2026 · The New Kid
Rough Cut
2026 · Arnold Drewitt
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
2025 · Self
Big Baby
2025 · Hooper
American Clown
2025 · Self
Namaka
2025 · Walter Notch
Screamboat La Masacre Del Ratón
2025 · Steamboat Willie
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
2025 · Self - Art the Clown
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
2024 · Art the Clown
Terrifier 3
2024 · Art the Clown
Stream
2024 · Player 2
The Horror We Make
2023 · Self
GRI!@#: Un Siniestro Cuento de Navidad
2022 · The Mean One
Selfie King
2022 · Self
Terrifier 2: El Payaso Siniestro
2022 · Art the Clown
The Dark Offerings
2021 · Tim Cobb
The Exigency
2019 · Bumbo (voice)
Terrifier
2018 · Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead II
Terrifier 4
· Art the Clown
Stream 2: Sudden Death
· Player 2
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
· Steamboat Willie
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
· Albert Kemper
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
· Arthur
